Yanks beat Sox, pad AL East lead

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Posted: Wednesday, August 28, 2002

By Associated Press

BOSTON -- David Wells took a shutout into the ninth inning to win for the eighth time in nine decisions, and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 6-0 Tuesday night to pad their lead in the AL East.

The Yankees lead the Red Sox by eight games in the division, with four games left between the two teams over the next eight days. Boston entered the night trailing Seattle by three games in the wild card race.

One night after the Red Sox pounded out 18 hits in an emotional, 10-9 extra-inning victory over Anaheim, they managed just two singles and three doubles against Wells (15-6). In all, Wells struck out six and walked none before leaving after Johnny Damon's leadoff double in the ninth.

Steve Karsay got three outs to finish the five-hitter and has not allowed a run in his last 13 games.

TIGERS 8, INDIANS 5: At Cleveland, Mark Redman pitched eight strong innings to win for the first time in five starts and help Detroit end a six-game losing streak.

Redman (8-12) survived a three-run rally in the fourth and got some much deserved run support from Damian Easley and Bobby Higginson, who had two RBIs each. Carlos Pena homered for the Tigers.

Entering the game, Redman was last in the American League in run support with 3.65 runs per nine innings.

He gave up five runs -- four earned -- on seven hits, two walks and five strikeouts.

Juan Acevedo pitched the ninth inning for his 27th save.

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Jason Phillips (1-3) allowed six runs and six hits in five innings in his worst of six starts this season. He hasn't won in five starts since July 15.

REDS 5, CARDINALS 4, 1st game: At Cincinnati, St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Scott Rolen made an errant throw home, fueling Cincinnati's five-run second inning, and the Reds held on..

The Cardinals lost their fourth straight, failing to overcome Rolen's error and the only bad inning by Jason Simontacchi (9-5). The Reds sent 10 batters to the plate in the second, scoring all five runs before making an out.

Rolen, acquired by the NL Central leaders on July 29, let in two of the runs on his sailing throw to the plate as he tried to get a forceout with the bases loaded.

Rolen and Albert Pujols hit consecutive solo homers in the third off Brian Moehler, who struggled once again for the third-place Reds. Chris Reitsma (5-9) took over in the third and gave up a run in 3 2-3 innings for the win.

PHILLIES 4, EXPOS 2: At Philadlephia, Joe Roa pitched six strong innings and went 2-for-2 with his first two career RBIs as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Montreal Expos for their sixth straight victory.

The Phillies have won 10 of 13 to reach .500 for the first time since they were 5-5 on April 11. Philadelphia also moved ahead of the Expos into second place in the NL East, but are 18 games behind Atlanta.

Roa (3-1) allowed two runs, six hits, walked two and struck out four to win his third straight start. The 30-year-old right-hander was 14-0 at Triple-A Scranton before joining the Phillies last month.

Roa had a three-hit shutout through six innings, but didn't retire another batter after his single gave the Phillies a 3-0 lead in the sixth.

METS 10, MARLINS 5: At Miami, Mo Vaughn hit a three-run homer and John Thomson earned his first victory with the New York Mets, pitching into the ninth inning to help them beat the Florida Marlins.

New York has won three in a row since losing 12 straight.

With a strike looming, the two teams began perhaps their final series in a disappointing season. South Florida might not miss baseball much -- the game drew just 6,448 fans, by far the smallest crowd to see the Mets at Pro Player Stadium.

The Marlins' loss cut their lead over the Mets to 11/2 games as they joust to avoid last place in the NL East.

Thomson (8-11) was relieved by Jaime Cerda with one out in the ninth after allowing a solo homer to Preston Wilson and an RBI single to Tim Raines. He gave up 10 hits in all, striking out five and walking one.